Penholder.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907. H. L. KINTER. v

PEN HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1905.

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HENRY L. KINTER, OF CURRAN, ILLINOIS.

PENHOLDER.

No. 8 L5,178. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application filed August 25 1905. Serial No. 275,810-

To aZZ whom it may concern: tom of the inner face of the sleeve. The up- Be it known that I, HENRY L. KINTER, a I perlonger armof the spring-plateis the clampcitizen of theUnited States, residing at Cpring-arm, and struck up from this upper arm ran, in the county of Sangamon, State of Illil directly adjacent to the vise portion 11 of the nois, have invented certain new and useful plate is a finger 12, that extends tpwardly Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereilllIOligh the opening 8 and is bent over, as shown at 13, exteriorly of the sleeve. When i by declare the following to be a full, clear, 1 and exact description of the invention, such 1 the button 13 is pressed toward the sleeve 7, as will enable others skilled in the art to which i the clamping-arm of the spring-plate is it appertains to make and use the same. forced away from the upper portion of the This invention relates to penholders, and it sleeve and releases the pen-point 9. has for its object to provide a structure that What is claimed is- A penholder comprising a pen-receiving sleeve provided with an opening in its wall, a resilient pen-clamping strip arranged within the sleeve, said strip being of the same width througho tt and having one of its ends bent downwardly and beneath its body portion and secured to the sleeve at a point opposite the opening therein, the said strip having its body portion bearing against the side of the sleeve in which the opening is formed and being adapted to clamp a pen therebetween and the said side of the sleeve, and a finger i formed upon the strip by starrrping up a portion of the strip rearwardly of the opening in the sleeve so that the said portion extends throi gh the opening and bending the upper end of the said portion in a forward direction to form a head, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. KINTER.

may be manufactured at a minimum cost, that will comprise but few parts, and which while holding a pen securely in place may be easily manipulated to release the pen when desired.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional I view through a penholder embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of the pen-clamping spring.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a penholder comprising a handle 5, having a reduced end portion 6, upon which is fitted a sleeve 7 similar to the pen-receiving sleeve of the usual holder with the exception that through the upper wall there is formed an opening 8;

The pen-point 9 is held against the upper portion of the inner face of the sleeve 7 by means of a spring-plate 10 of U shape, one

Witnesses:

THOMAS B. SMITH,

riveted or otherwise secured against the bot- INEZ L. VAN DORN. 

